 He no longer waits for favoring gales, but by means of steam, he realizes the fable of bolus's bag, and carries the two and thirty winds in the boiler of his boat. To diminish friction, he paves the road with iron bars, and, mounting a coach with a ship-load...  The Monthly magazine - Pàgina 336per Monthly literary register - 1839Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Thomas Krusche - 1987 - 384 pàgines
...friction, he paves the road with iron bars, and, mounting a coach with a ship-load of men, animals, and merchandise behind him, he darts through the country, from town to town, like an eagle or swallow through the air.102 In der Vorlesung "The Young American" - gehalten am 7. Februar 1844 vor... | |
 | Emory Elliott - 1988 - 1312 pàgines
...magnanimous view of America's "useful arts" in serving its citizens and ministering to their needs. "The private poor man hath cities, ships, canals, bridges, built for him," Emerson observed, before he proceeded to envision a world in which everyday chores are simplified by... | |
 | Myra Jehlen - 1986 - 278 pàgines
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 | George B. Perkins - 1990 - 2156 pàgines
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 | Max Oelschlaeger - 1991 - 506 pàgines
...arts are reproductions or new combinations by the wit of man, of the same natural benefactors. ... By the aggregate of these aids, how is the face of...changed, from the era of Noah to that of Napoleon!" (Emerson, Selected Writings, 191). Muir's outlook is quite different. 35. For a clear and concise discussion... | |
 | Graham Clarke - 1993 - 488 pàgines
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